Harness-saddle



(No Mode1.)

E. VOGTSBERGER.

HARNESS SADDLE. No. 393,868. Patented Den. 4, 1888.

WI TNESSES I ufiforney a PETERS, Hutu-W Wuhlnglan, u.c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL VQGTSBERGER, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

HARN E'SS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,868, dated December 4, 1888.

Application filed July 3, 1888. Serial No. 278,924- (NO model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMIL VOG'ISBERGER, a citizen of the United States, residing atAustin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Saddles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a 'full, clear, and exact description of the inverition, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in harness-saddles; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully explained.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of my device. Fig. 2 is a rear view, partly broken away. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A A designate the pads of the saddle to which my improvement is attached, and B indicates a metal mounting consisting of the arched central piece, a, which spans the central portion of the pads. This archedportion a is hinged at each side to the upper end of the metal jockeys C C, as shown at b 19, whereby a flexible connection is made between the two jockeys on each side of the saddle. The central portion of the arched piece is perforated to receive a pin or screw-bolt, c, on the water-hook d, which latter has downwardly-projecting lugs e, that engage notches f in the front and rear edges of said arched piece. This connection with the screw-bolt and its nut g firmly holds the checkrein or The jockeys are perfowater-hook inplace.

rated to receive the screw-stem of the ter rets by which they are held to the saddle or pad by engaging nuts therein in the wellknown manner. The lower end of each jockey is recessed, leaving a semicircular shoulder, 'i, in which plays the rounded portion j of the loop is. The latter is provided with a semicircular shoulder, Z, in which plays the extreme end of the jockey. This loop portion is pivoted to the jockey by a screw, m, which passes through the same and into the pad, where it engages a nut, thereby holding the loop and jockey thereto.

Connected to the pivoted loop aforesaid is the shaft-bearer D. This bearer is provided with the usual buckle, r, and a strap, 3, to which the loop on the jockey is attached, and has the belly-band loop secured to it, as shown at t. It will be seen that the arched portion spans the horses back, and thereby prevents the back from getting sore.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The within-described improvements in harness-saddles, consisting of the central arched portion, a,having the central perforation and side notches, f f, the hook d, having the screw 0 and nut g and lugs e e, and the jockeys C C, the latter hinged to the arch at b, and the pads A A, the whole combined and arranged as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EMIL VOGTSBERGER.

\Vitnesses:

CHR.-KLUGE, HENRY T. KLUGE. 

